PORTNOY v. DEFIANCE, INC.

No. 91-1904.

951 F.2d 169 (1991)

Allen PORTNOY, Appellant, v. DEFIANCE, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Growe, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John A. Naayers and Richard G. Farrar, Maumee, Ohio, and Lawrence J. Fleming, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOODS, District Judge.


HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

The appellant, Portnoy, contends that the district court erroneously dismissed his complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over the appellee/defendant, Defiance, Inc. ("Defiance"). The facts are undisputed. Portnoy, a Missouri resident,1 was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Defiance, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Ohio. Defiance was, in turn, the majority stockholder...

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